Vocabulary
Slavery
Civil War
Civil Rights
Miscellaneous
100
What was The Trail of Tears?
The journey Native Americans had to make when they were kicked out of their homeland.
100
How did slave owners treat their captives (slaves)?
Slaves were considered property. Some treated them very badly, sometimes beating or killing them.
100
What states made up the Confederacy?
Southern States
100
Who was Rosa Parks?
A women who fought against segregation. She also was very important with the Montgomery Bus Boycott
100
What was Sequoyah's contribution to the Cherokee people?
He created a new alphabet for the Cherokee people to use as a new form of communication
200
What was a Council?
A group of people who meet to talk and make decisions
200
What was the Underground Railroad?
A group of people who helped slaves escape to freedom
200
What states made up the Union?
Northern States
200
Who was Martin Luther King Jr?
Someone who fought against segregation and lead the March on Washington
200
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What was the House of Burgess?
A group of Virginia citizens who made laws for the colony
300
What is an Abolitionist?
Someone who is against slavery
300
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A statement saying all enslaved people living in the Confederate states were now free
300
What is segregation?
The separation of Blacks and Whites by law
300
List 2 of the 7 places in Williamsburg
College of William and Mary, Robertson's Windmill, Powder magazine and guard house, Printing Office and Bindery, Public Gaol, Raleigh Tavern, Margaret Hunter Shop
400
What are Plantations?
Large farms where owners grew cash crops
400
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Someone who lead slaves to freedom and was apart of the Underground Railroad.
400
What was the bloodiest and the first battle the union won?
The Battle of Antietam
400
How did segregation affect African Americans?
They couldn't use the same bathrooms, water fountains, swim in the same pools, and they couldn't go to the same school
400
When was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
1929
500
What is high-technology?
the use of computers and other electronics to meet new needs
500
What kinds of work did slaves do?
They mostly worked in the fields. Some slaves were butlers, cooks, and maids.
500
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abe Lincoln
500
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
When people refused to ride the Montgomery Buses.
500
Who was Ghandi?
Someone who fought for India's freedom